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Despite Some Pitfalls, <em>Killers of the Flower Moon</em> Swells with Humanity and Heart

Despite Some Pitfalls, Killers of the Flower Moon Swells with Humanity and Heart

On Martin Scorsese’s New Adaptation of David Grann’s Monumental Book

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 20, 2023

Every Picture Tells a Story: <em>Cinema Speculation</em>, <em>The Getaway</em> and Me

Every Picture Tells a Story: Cinema Speculation, The Getaway and Me

Bruce Riordan traces a personal history through Quentin Tarantino's analysis of a Sam Peckinpah classic.

By Bruce Riordan | October 20, 2023

A Murder of Poets: Or, the Inescapable Connections Between Crime Fiction and Poetry

A Murder of Poets: Or, the Inescapable Connections Between Crime Fiction and Poetry

Poet-writers, poet-detectives, and a long history of murder ballads...

By Paula Munier | October 20, 2023

6 Thrilling Reads That Blend Folklore and Horror

6 Thrilling Reads That Blend Folklore and Horror

Allison Epstein on the intersection of terrifying traditions

By Allison Epstein | October 19, 2023

90s Horror-Thrillers Created a New Generation of Would-Be Detectives

90s Horror-Thrillers Created a New Generation of Would-Be Detectives

Or, how Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer restored the mystery to slashers.

By Vincent Ralph | October 19, 2023

What Is the Legacy of Walter Hill?

What Is the Legacy of Walter Hill?

Hill’s gritty films mix westerns, crime and, improbably, musicals.

By Keith Roysdon | October 18, 2023

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Safe Places: On Writing Books for Teens about Teen Issues

By Kellie M. Parker | October 18, 2023

David L. Ulin on Capturing the Special, Despairing Noir of the West

By Tod Goldberg | October 17, 2023

From Broadway Musicals to Thrilling Mysteries: A Writing Life in Two Acts

By Heather Hach | October 17, 2023

Lately I’ve Been Dressing For Revenge: What Taylor Swift Teaches Us About Genre Fiction

Lately I’ve Been Dressing For Revenge: What Taylor Swift Teaches Us About Genre Fiction

Mandy McHugh on learning craft from a pop icon.

By Mandy McHugh | October 17, 2023

A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum; or, On Hauntings and History

A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum; or, On Hauntings and History

"Explaining the night, carving down the sum total of the experience into words is damaging—the easier it is to talk about, the less extraordinary it becomes."

By Nora Fussner | October 16, 2023

<em>Halloween</em> at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

Halloween at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

On the Many Masks of Michael Myers, from Unknowable Force of Nature to Explainable Antagonist

By Michael Kraus | October 13, 2023

Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

Contributors to the new anthology Out There Screaming discuss the long history of Black horror fiction and supernatural social justice stories.

By Molly Odintz | October 13, 2023

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Advice for crafting believable, complex, and always surprising everyday people.

By Lou Berney | October 13, 2023

Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

Read a conversation between two psychological thriller authors at the top of their game.

By CrimeReads | October 12, 2023

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

How Deaver went from publishing the wrong novels to writing his breakout thriller.

By Rick Pullen | October 11, 2023

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